カテゴリー: Xi Jinping
President sends warning to ‘external forces’ as country faces criticism over Hong Kong and repression in Xinjiang Chinese president Xi Jinping has warned that any attempt to divide China will be crushed, as Beijing faces political challenges in months-…
Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un exchange compliments as their countries mark 70 years of diplomatic relationsXi Jinping has promised to promote a “long-term, sound and stable” relationship with North Korea as the two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic re…
The Australian blogger has faced protracted interrogations, his hands and feet shackled as he is repeatedly told he faces execution In the first chapter of Yang Hengjun’s breathless first spy novel, Fatal Weakness, his protagonist, Yang Wenfeng, is hau…
US officials banned from supporting pro-democracy protestsCNN reports Trump gave Xi pledge in personal phone callUS officials have been banned from supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, after Donald Trump reportedly promised the US would stay…
Chun Han Wong, who covered Xi Jinping extensively, is in effect expelled from countryChinese authorities have declined to renew the press credentials of a Beijing-based Wall Street Journal reporter, in effect expelling a journalist who extensively cove…
President offers to meet Xi Jinping as Chinese paramilitary gathers at Hong Kong borderDonald Trump has urged Beijing to treat Hong Kong “humanely” in order to reach a trade deal, in his most extensive comments yet on weeks of increasingly violent unre…
Batons and pepper spray used on protesters as flights suspended for second dayPolice armed with batons and pepper spray have clashed with thousands of protestors at Hong Kong’s international airport after they blockaded the departures area of the busy …
Much of modern China’s epic growth was driven by private enterprise – but under Xi Jinping, the Communist party has returned to being the ultimate authority in business as well as politics. By Richard McGregorWhen Xi Jinping took power in 2012, he exto…